The counselling and psychotherapy profession in Canada: regulatory processes and current status |
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Authors: | Lorna Martin Michel Turcotte Laurent Matte Blythe Shepard |
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Affiliation: | 1. Stonewall , Manitoba , Canada lorna.martin@mymts.net;3. Montreal , Quebec , Canada;4. University of Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT Like the Canadian landscape and culture, the status of professional regulation for counselling and psychotherapy is a mosaic reflecting the unique cultural, linguistic and contextual realities of Canada. Statutory regulation in Canada is constitutionally a provincial/territorial matter. In the past five years, a major movement towards professional regulation has emerged. The authors describe the variable status of regulation, focusing on three provinces: Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario. They explore the federal Agreement of Internal Trade, designed to facilitate inter-provincial/territorial mobility of regulated professionals. Finally, the authors summarise national research and development activities of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association that enhance the pan-Canadian mobility of practitioners and support shared professional understandings. These activities range from bilingual, national validation of competencies, definitions, titles and scopes of practice to symposia and an entry-to-practice competency assessment. |
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Keywords: | regulation counselling psychotherapy labour mobility |
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